Product Manager Digital Public Health Program

About The Organization

The Antara Foundation (TAF) envisions a world where women and children do not suffer from preventable health conditions. We believe that every mother and every child deserves an equal start to a healthy life. We support the public health system in delivering solutions on a scale to improve maternal and child health outcomes by partnering with the government and communities. Interventions of The Antara Foundation follow two closely integrated paths: to help the government system deliver higher-quality health care to the community and to support the community in mobilizing and seeking better health outcomes.

For more information, visit antarafoundation.org.

About The Position

TAF’s Digital Public Health Program is building the next generation of scalable, interoperable digital health systems in India, combining WhatsApp-based nudging, workflow automation, conversational AI, and data-driven decision support. After developing initial sets of solutions and a healthy partner ecosystem, we are now looking to expand our in-house technical development capabilities.

The Product Manager – Digital Health will serve as the vital bridge between technology and the field, ensuring that TAF’s digital innovations are designed, tested, and scaled to solve real problems for health workers and communities. You will act as the Product Owner for TAF’s digital tools, translating user research and field insights into product workflows, user stories, and iterative feature development. You will coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to drive the end-to-end lifecycle of AI-enabled digital solutions—from discovery to deployment to scale.

If you thrive at the intersection of technology, public health, and systems change, this role offers a chance to shape how digital tools drive last-mile impact.

Duty Station: Delhi (with travel to program locations)

Reporting to: Chief Strategy Officer – Digital Health

Key Responsibilities

• Lead user research and co-design processes with ASHAs, ANMs, and field teams.
• Translate field insights into clear digital product requirements, user stories, and workflows, including requirements for AI-enabled predictive models and voice interfaces.
• Serve as the Product Owner, collaborating closely with full-stack and data/AI engineers to define features and ensure user-centric product design.
• Manage the product backlog, sprint planning, and iteration cycles in collaboration with engineering.
• Lead the rollout of digital pilots and solutions, ensuring prototypes are field-tested and iteratively improved.
• Coordinate across technology, design, research, M&E, and partner organizations to deliver cohesive product experiences.
• Track adoption, performance, and impact using dashboards, analytics, and user feedback loops.
• Support field training, AI model validation in the field, user feedback, and continuous iteration of AI-assisted and voice-enabled solutions.
• Ensure government alignment, interoperability, and compliance with national digital health standards.
• Prepare product documentation, user flows, release notes, and presentations for internal and partner stakeholders.
  
  

• Education: Master’s in Public Health, Social Work, Business Administration or a related discipline.
• Experience: 5–8 years in product management or digital health program implementation., including:
• Leading digital, data-driven, or AI-enabled solution design with end-to-end responsibility for roadmap execution. .
• Field experience working with community health workers (ASHA, ANM, AWW), community members, and supervisory staff at sub-district and district levels within government systems.
• Project management across teams, coordinating content, communications, M&E, technical development, and partner organisations to deliver integrated digital solutions.
• Facilitating collaboration across government departments, NGOs, and technology partners.
• Hands-on experience with WhatsApp automation platforms (Glific, Gupshup, WATI) and comfort engaging with AI/ML-enabled digital tools, dashboards, and mobile data systems.
• Proficient in tools such as Trello, JIRA, Google Sheets, and analytics dashboards for workflow tracking, reporting, and iterative improvement.
  
  

• Strong communicator who bridges technology and field realities, with a user-centered product mindset.
• Passionate about frontline empowerment and digital inclusion.
• Empathetic, adaptive, and proactive in managing complexity.
• Driven by systems thinking and long-term impact.